Première Brasil, one of the most anticipated and popular sections of Festival do Rio, and the main competitive section of the festival, screens 48 features and 20 shorts in 2018 by new and established directors. The cinema going public will vote for the best film in the categories of fiction, documentary and short, while an official jury will award the festival’s Redentor trophy across a diverse range of categories from the films in official competition.

New Trends (Novos Rumos), a competitive section of the festival that has grown in popularity each year with Rio audiences, will screen seven features and seven shorts from new directors, while Portraits (Retratos) will screen eleven feature with themes that register the unique personalities and topics across the history of Brazil.

In recent years, Première Brasil has expanded its scope, opening space to the New Trends and Portraits sections, yet due to the diversity and volume of current Brazilian film production, other Brazilian films will be shown across Festival do Rio in sections as varied as Panorama, Midnight, Première Latina, Expectations 2018 and classics.

In total Festival do Rio will screen 84 Brazilian productions across its various sections during this celebration of the cinematographic arts that runs from 1 to 11 November. The wealth and depth of the Brazilian films screening - covering the most varied themes and from the most diverse parts of this huge country - reinforces the festival’s place as the main global shop window for Brazilian productions.

64 full-length features - including co-productions - and 20 shorts will also give Rio’s cinema going public the chance to meet and talk with the biggest names and talents working in Brazil’s cinema industry – and from both sides of the camera - at gala screenings and discussions - Première Brasil Debates - that are open to the public.

Films screening in Première Brasil, New Trends and Hors Concours during Festival do Rio in 2018 include: